Sustainable Procurement

One day BS8903 courses are being run on the 17th May and the 7th June. The courses are being delivered by Action Sustainability, the authors of the BS8903 standard.

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NEW* Sustainable Procurement Health Check and Assessment  for just £950

Health check: This will give you absolute clarity to assess your current procurement practices, it will also show you how to implement the guidelines from BS8903. Any programmes that need to be delivered to help support your sustainable procurement strategies will be done so by leading dedicated sustainable procurement practioners.

Many organisations are in the process of transforming their procurement operations part of the transformation is to ensure that Sustainable Procurement principles are embedded into the core policies, process and practices of all operational procurement activities and decisions. With the launch of the standard BS8903, a guidance standard for sustainable procurement, there has never been a better time to get to grips with sustainable purchasing.

Green 2020 Project Scope and Objectives for clients

The scope of most projects is to:

• Review the current procurement manual and key related sustainable procurement documentation that already exists;
• Conduct telephone interviews with a selection of nominated procurement personnel;
• Identify opportunities to apply and tailor a number sustainable procurement tools and techniques that have already been delivered to other clients.

The objective is to develop a comprehensive plan for implementing Sustainable Procurement. The plan will address the critical activities and deliverables necessary to embed sustainability principles at an operational procurement level.


The activities likely to be required for clients is to achieve goals that include:
• Identifying category-specific priorities and opportunities;
• Developing key insertions on for the Procurement Manual;
• Updating standard contract terms and conditions ;
• Updating PQQ documentation appropriately;
• Developing a supplier information pack; and
• Training procurement personnel.

To find out more or request an initial review meeting, call us on 0207 193 7341.